Thursday, March 10, 2011

Former college star slams Duke over race

In this file photo taken November 1991, Michigan's Fab Five from left, Jimmy King, Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, Jalen Rose and Ray Jackson pose in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP file photo) 

 Jalen Rose, whose Michigan team lost to the Blue Devils in the 1992 title game, "hated everything" about them.

Five ways to get your lousy boss fired

Angry executive (ThinkStock) 

 If a manager is making life miserable for you and your coworkers, you can fight back.

U.S. jobs returning, with a big catch

Jobs returning — but good ones not so much

When it comes to jobs, it's not just quantity that matters--it's also quality. It's great news that the economy is finally producing jobs again--even if it'll take another few years of this kind of growth to get us back to where we were before the Great Recession. But that also means it's now time to ask what kind of jobs are being created. And on that front, things are a lot less encouraging.

Several recent studies suggest that the new jobs pay less and offer fewer work hours than the ones they have replaced. Let's look at the numbers:

Player says we all got his name wrong

Kendrys Morales says we’ve been spelling his name wrong

After seven years of having his name incorrectly spelled and announced at major and minor league ballparks all over the United States, Los Angeles Angels first baseman Kendry Morales(notes) has decided to speak up and set the record straight. 

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His first name is actually spelled with an 's'.From Kevin Baxter's LA Times blog:
  His given name on his birth certificate is spelled Kendrys, with an "s" on the end. Asked Wednesday which spelling he preferred, Morales was adamant about restoring the final consonant.

Jordan stuns player with MVP prediction

Michael Jordan (AP Images) 

 The hoops legend makes a bold pick, and